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The Buyers are out, and trying to buy, but…

Chuck on 06 12, 2009 | 19 Comments

The Buyers are out, and trying to buy, but...

Buyers are out, and trying to buy, but they don't seem to be quite as successful as some of the more breathless news reports would lead you to believe.  I have always liked the Pending Sales statisti

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The Third Bubble …

Chuck on 06 3, 2009 | 35 Comments

The Third Bubble ...

It has often been said that we have even more of a bubble in real estate agents than we have in real estate prices. In fact we have had three concurrent bubbles – house prices, number of purchases,

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Some Short Sale Statistics in West Bellevue

Chuck on 05 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

I had occasion last week to do some digging for short sale listings in West Bellevue - the NWMLS area 520, west of I-405 and north of I-90 including  Beaux Arts, Enatai, Medina, Clyde Hill, plus Hunt

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Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics…. and Headlines

Chuck on 05 12, 2009 | 7 Comments

Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics…. and Headlines

Sometimes our favorite statistics mislead us.  I was most recently reminded of that when I was reading one of Ardell's North King County Stats post - Ardell does a great job on these stats, and sales

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